More than 35 million U.S. single-family homes and condos, the equivalent of $6.6 trillion in residential property, are at high risk of damage from natural disasters. Those homes account for 43% of the total single-family residential property in the United States.

Devastating natural disasters have wreaked extensive property damage across the country in the last decade. Drought conditions have created a series of massive wildfires such as the one in Prescott, Arizona that killed 19 firefighters. This August marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the deadliest and costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Katrina and Sandy — the devastating storm that stuck the Northeast in 2012 — alone accounted for more than $170 billion in damages. A tornado making landfall in Joplin, Missouri in 2011 killed 158 people. Americans living in certain parts of the country know that such natural disasters can hit at any time, and some risk multiple types of natural disasters. These are the cities with the most dangerous natural disasters.

Americans living in the Gulf or the Atlantic Coast are aware that such risk of a hurricane damaging their property exist. Similarly, those living on or near the San Andreas Fault can expect at least a minor earthquake in their lifetimes. These risks, as well as the higher insurance rates that come with them, are one of the factors home buyers make when moving to an area. .

While many parts of the country are at risk of a single type of disaster, these metro areas are exposed to multiple types of events and therefore earn the distinction of having the worst weather in the country. San Bernardino, California residents have a high risk of both wildfires and earthquakes. Fayetteville, North Carolina is at extreme risk of wildfires, earthquakes, and tornadoes.

RealtyTrac vice president, Daren Blomquist, pointed out that rather than suffering from depressed home prices, these areas tend to have fluctuating values. This happens because, despite the risks of disaster, "A lot of people want to live in [these areas] because they tend to be close to the ocean, which is desirable, and maybe close to the mountains, which is also a desirable location."

With signs pointing to a dramatic increase in meteorological events due to climate change, it might be expected that homeowners may be becoming more discerning about where they buy a home.

However, while increased awareness of the risks of natural disasters may be affecting the decisions of potential homeowners, "at the end of the day, when people are buying a home, it for the most part ties back to jobs and income and wages and affordability as to whether they buy or not," Blomquist explained.

However, "People certainly should look at natural disaster risk and at least know what their risk is to prepare and have adequate insurance, should that risk become a reality." When insurance costs start to rise, potential home buyers will be more likely to avoid these high-risk areas, he added. "When the risk really hits their bottom line, that decision is going to become more clear for them."

To determine the 10 U.S. metropolitan areas, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed housing data resource RealtyTrac's 2015 Natural Disaster Housing Risk Report, which considered the potential for serious damage from wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and flooding. 24/7 Wall St. replicated the methodology and aggregated RealtyTrac county-level data on a metropolitan level. For each type of natural disaster, the likelihood of risk is assigned either as very low, low, moderate, high, or very high.

No metropolitan area in the country is at bigger risk of destruction from natural disaster than Fayetteville, N.C. No other metro area is at the highest level of risk for three separate types of major natural disasters. Roughly 20% of the region it at severe risk of wildfires. The region, which includes Cumberland and Hoke counties, is also at the highest threat level for tornadoes. In 2011, a tornado touched down in Fayetteville, killing two, wounding 85, and destroying hundreds of homes. The biggest threat to the area, however, are hurricanes. In 1954, Hurricane Hazel tore through the Carolinas. Sustained winds of 85 miles per hour with gusts of up to 110 miles per hour were recorded in Fayetteville. Other major storms to hit the region include Floyd, and Hugo.

Rome's population is at relatively high risk of hurricanes, but the biggest natural disaster threats in the state are wildfires and tornadoes. More than one-fifth of the region is at the highest level of risk of wildfires. Like much of Georgia, the region has been hit by several severe tornado events. In 2012, one tornado that touched down in downtown Rome, left a three mile trail of destruction. While the tornado was only a category EF1, it still damaged dozens of homes.

Birmingham, located in the central part of Alabama, is tied with nearby Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville for the third worst risk of severe weather among U.S. metropolitan areas. Residents and homes in the area are at high risk of both wildfires and hurricanes, although neither type of natural disaster is at the highest threat level. Tornadoes represent the biggest risk to Birmingham area residents, with the metro area ranking fifth worst in the country for damage from tornadoes between 2001 and 2013. The region has been hit by several major tornado outbreaks. One was the 1977 Smithfield tornado, a category F5 tornado that touched down in a Jefferson County suburb and killed 22 people.

The Anniston, Alabama metropolitan area is at moderate risk of flooding, and high risk of wildfires. Like many of the cities with the most dangerous weather, the biggest risks to the area are hurricanes and tornadoes. On Palm Sunday, 1994, a massive outbreak of tornadoes swept across parts of the southeastern US, killing 42 people and injuring more than 300, including one person in the metropolitan area.

Most of the areas with the most dangerous weather are in the southeastern part of the country, where hurricanes are a factor. The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, known as the Inland Empire, spans more than 27,000 square miles and encompasses a significant portion of the inland area of California. The San Andreas Fault — the divide between the Pacific and North American plates — goes through the region and runs through the middle of San Bernardino. The fault has been the cause of the many earthquakes that have hit parts of California over the years, including the devastating 1906 San Francisco quake. According to the United States Geological Survey, there is an 89% chance that a 5.0 magnitude earthquake will hit the region in the next 50 years.